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Apple wants the Apple TV to be a games console. But can it be trusted?

Apple would like to see its new set-top box become the next Nintendo Wii. But it’s questionable whether the company really understands gaming

Chic or tech geek? The Apple Watch Hermes

The Guardian’s fashion editor gives her view of Apple’s most luxury-focused wearable yet

Apple’s iPhone event had record number of women on stage, but why did it Photoshop one?

Choosing to ‘fix’ a model’s smile undermined Apple’s progress on gender representation and showed that the tech industry still has a very long way to go

Goodbye Angry Birds – Rovio takes on Candy Crush, but not in the way you think

The Finnish casual gaming giant is tackling the match-three genre with its latest title, but you won’t be catapulting anything at naughty piggies

Apple iPhone 6S and 6S Plus: faster processors, better cameras, 3D Touch

Next generation smartphone launched in San Francisco features a pressure-sensitive screen, 12-megapixel camera and stronger body

Apple supersizes its tablet with new 12.9in iPad Pro

Company hopes larger iPad will appeal to businesses and professionals to revive flagging tablet sales, but runs risk of cannibalising laptop market

Apple iPad Pro and iPhone 6S launch: key points at a glance

Apple has launched a larger iPad, the iPad Pro, which can be used with a smart keyboard and Apple Pencil, and details of the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone 6s or iPad Pro? What is Apple launching? Tell us your thoughts

Apple’s event on Wednesday is expected to include new iPhones and a revamp of Apple TV. Complete our quick survey and we’ll post the results before the launch

Apple’s encryption means it can’t comply with US court order

FBI criticises firm for being unable to read iPhone users’ messages after Justice Department obtains iMessage ruling

Steve Jobs review: Fassbender excels but iWorship required if you’re to care

Danny Boyle’s talky look at the Apple icon boasts an assured leading turn but the dominance of Aaron Sorkin’s script and focus on business wrangles mean this will mostly appeal to the Apple geek

Steve Jobs’ widow pulled out of documentary on late Apple chief, claims film-maker

Alex Gibney says Laurene Powell agreed to help – then tried to dissuade potential interviewees from taking part

Why is Apple customers’ appetite for its products insatiable?

Apple’s latest launch event next week is unlikely to surprise – the real conundrum is how the company convinces people to keep on buying

Panel beaters: the comic book tech revolution is here

Alan Moore’s Electricomics app liberates graphic fiction from the boundaries of the page at a tap of your iPad screen. Here’s what to expect

Have smartwatches finally had the injection of style they need?

New collection launched at IFA trade show in Berlin shows improved designs that better mirror traditional watches rather than ‘geek-gear’

Facebook M virtual assistant will compete with Siri and Google Now

From restaurant bookings to dog-friendly beach recommendations, social network’s new technology blends AI with human helpers

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  • Quantum of Solace: a heartbroken James Bond is fuelled by rage in Daniel Craig’s most underrated 007 film
  • US AI stock sell-off shakes markets from Wall Street to Asia
  • You’re only supposed to blow the bloody hooves off: AI Michael Caine narrates Odyssey audiobook
  • Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots?
  • AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts
  • How to Live on Earth review – Benedict Cumberbatch exudes positivity in response to the climate crisis
  • Majority of datacenters are vulnerable to climate threats like floods and fires, study finds
  • Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator
  • Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave
  • ‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
  • Rory Kennedy revisits Boeing in new film sparked by whistleblower’s death: ‘We’ve got to stay at this’
  • 500 Miles review – kids hit the road to visit Irish grandad Bill Nighy in YA tearjerker
  • ‘Climate change is a form of oppression’: the voices affected most by environmental crisis
  • The Morrigan review – spirit of pagan demon queen unleashed in Irish burial chamber horror
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  • Self-doubt, burnout … and Taylor Swift: why Toy Story 5 is the ultimate millennial girl movie
  • Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive
  • Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas
  • UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok
  • HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
  • Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance

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